Mark Takano: “I want to make sure that we make good on that promise, that that promise is not hollow.”

Every generation must take up the work of renewing and perfecting the idea of America so that America lives up to its promise.

We fight for an America where nobody feels that they have to carry a passport to prove they belong.

“Progress is not permanent. Rights do not protect themselves. Democracy does not defend itself.”

America does not belong to one political party. America does not belong to a bloodline. And it certainly doesn’t belong to one man.